| Planting History |
Seeding and planting has been ongoing since the mid 1980s. Various methods of converting from fescue have been tried and periodic burns are conducted . Although all these seeds or plants were added, some of them never grew successfully. And, as is typical of these mixed plantings, they've been changing over time. A good inventory of what is there now would be a great help, but nobody has volunteered to do it. So enjoy the lists for what they are: what was added, but not necessarily what survived. (All the sites listed, though, are doing well and getting better year by year.)
| #1: Demo Garden |
1) Demo Garden 
GRASSES:
Andropogon gerardii - Big bluestem
Andropogon scoparius - Little bluestem
Boutelia curtipendula - Sideoats grama
Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalograss
Sporobolus heterolepis - Prairie dropseed
FORBS:
Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly weed
Callirhoe papaver - Poppy mallow
Coreopsis lanceolata- lanceleaf coreopsis
Echinacea pallida -Pale purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea - Purple coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow coneflower
Glandularia canadensis - Rose verbena
Helianthus occidentalis (9/88) - Western sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides (9/88) - Ox-eye early sunflower
Liatris aspera - Rough blazing star
Liatris pycnostachya (5/87) - Prairie blazing star
Lillium michiganense ('90) - Michigan lily
Oenothera macrocarpa - Missouri primrose
Penstemon cobaea - Purple beard tongue
Penstemon tubaeflorus - Tube beard tongue
Physostegia virginiana - False dragonhead
Potentilla arguta - Prairie cinquefoil
Salvia azurea - Blue sage
Verbena fascicultata - Blue vervain
Verbena hastata - Blue vervain
Vernonia fasciculata -Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's root
Zizia aptera - Heartleaf golden alexander
| #2: 1986 Planting South of House |
GRASSES:
Boutelia curtipendula - Sideoats grama
Bouteloua gracilis - Blue grama
Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalograss
Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass
FORBS:
Allium canadense - Wild onion
Amorpha canescens - Leadplant
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterflyweed
Aster paludosis - Prairie Aster
Aster azureus - Sky blue aster
Callirhoe papaver var. bushii - Poppy mallow
Delphinium virescens - Prairie larkspur
Dodecatheon meadia - Shooting star
Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow coneflower
Echinacea pallida - Pale purple coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake master
Euphorbia marginata - Snow on the mountain
Gentiana flavida
Helianthus mollis- Downy sunflower
Heucher richardsonii - Alum root
Liatris aspera - Rough blazing star
Liatris cylindracea - Cylindrical blazing star
Marshallia caespitosa - Barbara's buttons
Mint from Golden Prairie
Oenothera macrocarpa - Missouri primrose
Penstemon tubaeflorus - Tube beard tongue
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Sabatia angularis - Rose pink
Silene regia - Royal catchfly
Silphium perfoliatum - Cup plant
Sisyrinchium albidium - blue-eyed grass
Solidago rigida - Rigid goldenrod
| #2a: 1.4 ACRES |
(Seeded mostly in January 1990)
GRASSES:
Andropogon scoparius - Little bluestem
Sorghastrum nutans - Indiangrass
FORBS:
Amsonia illustris - Blue star
Castilleja coccinea - Indian paintbrush
Coreopsis tinctoria - Plains coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata - Sand coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata (NW) - Stiff coreopsis
Echinacea pallida (Mid) - Pale purple coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake master
Eupatorium perfoliatum - Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum - Late boneset
Grindelia - Gumweed
Liatris squarosa - Short blazing star
Liatris ligulostylis - Large-button snakeroot
Liatris pychnostachya - Prairei Blazing Star
Liatris aspera - Rough blazing star (NE)
Monarda fistulosa (SE) - Wild bergamot
Palafloxia callosa - Rayless othake
Parthenium intergrifolium - Wild quinine
Penstemon cobaea (NW) - Purple beard tongue
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia missouriensis - Missouri coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Silphium integrifolium - Rosin weed (S)
Solidago rigida - Stiff goldenrod
Vernonia fasciculata - Irownweed
| #3: TALLGRASS AREA |
GRASSES:
Andropogon gerardii - Big bluestem
Andropogon scoparius - Little bluestem
Boutelea curtipendula - Sideoats grama
Bouteloua gracilis - Blue grama (not seen)
Buchloe dactyloides - Buffalograss (not seen)
Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass
Sorghastrum nutans - Indiangrass
FORBS:
Echinacea pallida - Pale purple coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow coneflower
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly weed
Baptisia australis - Blue false indigo
Baptisia leucantha - White wild indigo
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Castilleja coccinea - Indian paintbrush
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata - Stiff coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria - Plains coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris - tall tickseed
Echinacea pallida - Pale purple coneflower
Gentiana puberla - Downy gentian
Grindelia - Gumweed
Helianthum grosseserratus -Saw-toothed sunflower
Liatris aspera - Rough blazingstar
Liatris squarosa - Short blazingstar
Monarda fistulosa - Wild bergamot
Parthenum intergrifollium - wild quinine
Penstemon pallidus - Pale beard tongue
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Scutellaria ineaca - Skullcap
Silphium perfoliatum - Cup plant
Schrankia ucinata - Sensitive briar
Solidago rigida - Stiff goldenrod
Zizia aptera - Heartleaf golden alexander
| #4: SAVANNAH |
FORBS:
Penstemon pallidus - Pale beard tongue
Schrankia uncinata - Sensitive briar
Scutellaria incaca - Skullcap
Verbena helianthoides - Sunflower crownbeard
| #5: DROPSEED AREAS |
GRASSES:
Andropogon scoparius - Little bluestem
Sporobolus asper - Tall dropseed
FORBS:
Artemesia ludoviciana - white sage
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly weed
Aster paludosus - Prairie aster
Aster ptarmicoides - (now Solidago ptarmicoides) - Sneezewort aster
Aster sericeus - Silky aster
Baptisia autralis - Blue wild indigo
Callirhoe papavera - Poppy mallow
Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris - Tall tickseed
Delphinium virescens - Prairie larkspur
Dodecatheon meadia - Shooting star
Echinacea pallida - Pale purple coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake master
Euphorbia corollata - Flowering spurge
Grindelia - Gumweed
Helianthus helianthoides - ox-eye sunflower
Helianthus mollis - Downy sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis - Western sunflower
Helianthus salicifolius - Willow-leaved sunflower
Heuchera richarsonii - Alum root
Liatris aspera - Rough blazing star
Liatris ligulistylis - Meadow blazing star
Marshallia caespitosa - Barbara's buttons
Monarda fistulosa - Wild bergamot
Palafoxia callosa -
Parthenum integrifolium - Wild quinine
Penstemon cobaea - Purple beard tongue
Penstemon tubaeflorus - Tube beard tongue
Phlox pilosa - Downy phlox
Potentilla arguta - Tall cinquefoil
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet coneflower
Salvia azurea - Blue sage
Schrankia uncinata - Sensitive briar
Silphium laciniatum - Compass plant
Silphium perfoliatum - Cup plant
Sisyrinchium albidium - Blue-eyed grass
Solidago rigida - Stiff goldenrod
Viola pedata - Birdsfoot violet
Fragaria virginiana - Wild strawberry
Zizia aptera - Heartleaf golden alexander
| #11: AREA WEST OF LAKE |
(seeded 87/88)
GRASSES:
Andropogon scoparius - Little bluestem
Boutelia curtipendula - Sideoats grama
FORBS: (listed approx. from west to east towards lake)
Allicum cernuum - Nodding wild onion (NW of lake)
Amsonia illustris - Blue star
Anemone canadensis - White anemone
Aster laevis - Smooth aster
Cacalia atriplicifolia - Pale Indian plaintain (=Arnoglossum atriplicifolium?)
Echinacea purpurea - Purple coneflower
Fragaria virginiana - Wild strawberry
Gentiania flavida - Pale gentian
Helianthus grosseserratus - Sawtooth sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides - Ox-eye sunflower
Iris virginica (SW facing edge of lake) - Blue Flag
Liatri aspera - Rough blazing star
Liatris pychnostachya - Prairie blazing star
Parthenium integrifolium - Wild quinine
Pycnanthemum virginianum - Common mountain mint
Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet black-eyed Susan
Silphium perfoliatum - Cup plant
Thalictrum dasycarpum - Purple meadow rue
Vernonia fasciculata - Ironweed
Zizia aurea (low prairie NW of lake and low part west of lake) - Goden alexander
| #12: AREA NORTHEAST OF LAKE |
(Low, wet area)
GRASSES:
Spartina petinata - Ripgut or cordgrass
Tripsacum dactyloides - Gama grass
FORBS:
Asclepias sullivantii - Prairie milkweed
Campanula americana -
Silphium perfoliatum - Cup plant
East of lake in low area:
Asclepias sullivantii - Prairie milkweed
Baptisia leucantha - white wild indigo
Helianthus mollis -Downy sunflower
Penstemon pallidus - Pale beard tongue
Silphium laciniatum - compass plant
Solidago gramnifolia -
Trandescantia bracteata - Long-bracted spiderwort
Verbenea hastata - Blue vervain
North of the lake:
Boltonia asteroides - False aster
Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush (a shrub)
Chelon glabra - White turtlehead
Coreopsis tripteris - Tall coreopsis
Gentiana flavida - Pale gentian
Gentiana andrewsii - Bottle gentian
Helianthus mollis - Downy sunflower
Liatris pychnostachya - Prairie blazing star
Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet black-eyed Susan
Vernonicastrum virginicum - Culver's root
In low prairie at lake:
Coreopsis tripteris - Tall coreopsis
Eupatorium perfoliatum - Boneset
Gentiana flavida
Helianthus hirsutus - Stiff-haired sunflower
Lilium michiganense - Michigan lily
Phystogia virginiana - False dragonhead
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
| #13: FIVE-ACRE PLANTING 1995 |
GRASSES:
Andoropogon scoparius - Little bluestem
Boutelia curtipendula - Sideoats grama
FORBS & SHRUBS:
Amsonia cansescens - Leadplant
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly weed
Castileja coccinea - Indian paintbrush
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria - Plains coreopsis
Echinacea pallida - Pale-purple coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow coneflower
Echinacea purpurea - Purple coneflower
Heliopsis helianthoides - Ox-eye sunflower
Liatris pychnostachya - Prairie blazing star
Penstemon cobaea - Purple beard tongue
Petalostemon purpurea - Purple prairie clover
Ratibida pinnata - Gray-headed coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia missouriensis - Missouri coneflower
Salvia azurea - Blue sage
Silene regia - Royal catchfly
Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove beard tongue
| #14: NORTH PRAIRIE |
(Planted 1986, then 89 and 90)
GRASSES:
Andoropogon scoparius - Little bluestem
FORBS:
Aristida oligantha - Prairie three-awn
Castilleja coccinea - Indian paintbrush
Clematis fremontii -
Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake master
Gentiana puberla - downy gentian (1/90)
Helianthus mollis - Ashy sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis - western sunflower
Helianthus salicifolius (1/90) - Willow-leaf sunflower
Liatris aspera - Rough blazing star
Liatris pycnostachia - Prairie blazing star
Marshallia caespitosa - Barbara's buttons
Silphium integrifolium - Rosin weed
In small pond in northwest corner of north prairie:
Delphinium virsescens - Prairie larkspur (1/90)
Dodecatheon meadia (handful of seeds '90) - Shooting star
Gentiana andrewsii - closed or bottle gentian (seeds 90)
Heuchera richardsonii - Alum root
Irisi virginica - Blue flag
Liatris aspera - Rough blazing star
Lilium sulcatum - grooved yellow flax (plants '90)
Phlox pilosa - Prairie phlox
Potentilla arguta (75 plants 9/90) - Prairie cinquefoil
Silphium terebinthinaceum - Prairie dock (5 plants '90)
Silphium perfoliatum ('86 seedlings) - Cup plant
Zizia aptera ('90) - Heartleaf golden alexander
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